Hugh Lefcort

Professor, Gonzaga University expertise in ecological effects of pollution

Research Expertise

Behavioral Ecology
Behavioral Toxicology

About

I study how stressors such as heavy-metal pollution, parasites, and climate change alter animal behavior.

Publications

Heavy Metals Alter the Survival, Growth, Metamorphosis, and Antipredatory Behavior of Columbia Spotted Frog (Rana luteiventris) Tadpoles
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
1998
The effect of predator diet on the alarm response of red-legged frog, Rana aurora, tadpoles
Animal Behaviour
1993
The effect of infection with Lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi) on the phototaxis, activity, and questing height of the tick vector Ixodes scapularis
Parasitology
1996
Disease, Predator Avoidance, and Vulnerability to Predation in Tadpoles
Oikos
1995
RAMIFICATIONS OF PREDATOR AVOIDANCE: PREDATOR AND HEAVY-METAL-MEDIATED COMPETITION BETWEEN TADPOLES AND SNAILS
Ecological Applications
1999
The Effects of Used Motor Oil, Silt, and the Water Mold Saprolegnia parasitica on the Growth and Survival of Mole Salamanders (Genus Ambystoma )
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
1997
Adaptive, Chemically Mediated Fright Response in Tadpoles of the Southern Leopard Frog, Rana utricularia
Copeia
1996
Aquatic Snails from Mining Sites Have Evolved to Detect and Avoid Heavy Metals
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
2004
Antipredatory Behavior as an Index of Heavy-Metal Pollution? A Test Using Snails and Caddisflies
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
2000
Antipredatory Behaviour of Feverish Tadpoles: Implications for Pathogen Transmission
Behaviour
1993
Indirect Effects of Heavy Metals on Parasites May Cause Shifts in Snail Species Compositions
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
2002
The effects of ploidy level on the thermal distributions of brine shrimp Artemia parthenogenetica and its ecological implications
Heredity
1991
Hormetic Effects of Heavy Metals in Aquatic Snails: Is a Little Bit of Pollution Good?
EcoHealth
2008
Thermal preferences of resistant and susceptible strains ofBiomphalaria glabrata(Gastropoda) exposed toschistosoma mansoni(Trematoda)
Parasitology
1991
75 years after mining ends stream insect diversity is still affected by heavy metals
Ecotoxicology
2010
Chemically Mediated Fright Response in Southern Toad (Bufo terrestris) Tadpoles
Copeia
1998
Parasite load and brightness in lizards: an interspecific test of the Hamilton and Zuk hypothesis
Journal of Zoology
1991
Snails from heavy-metal polluted environments have reduced sensitivity to carbon dioxide-induced acidity
SpringerPlus
2015
Terrestrial snails use predator-diet to assess danger
Journal of Ethology
2005
Pre-Exposure to Heavy Metal Pollution and the Odor of Predation Decrease the Ability of Snails to Avoid Stressors
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
2012
Toad tadpole kin recognition: recognition of half siblings and the role of maternal cues
Ethology Ecology & Evolution
1990
White-Tailed Deer Trails are Associated with the Spread of Exotic Forbs
Natural Areas Journal
2012
Behavioral characteristics and endosymbionts of two potential tularemia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever tick vectors
Journal of Vector Ecology
2020
Distributions of diploid and pentaploid brine shrimp Artemia parthenogenetica in an illuminated thermal gradient
Canadian Journal of Zoology
1991
Cheatgrass (Bromus Tectorum) Seeds are Still Viable after Laundry Cycle
Natural Areas Journal
2014
Carbon dioxide enrichment alters predator avoidance and sex determination but only sex is mediated by GABAA receptors
Hydrobiologia
2018
Life in a Near-Future Atmosphere: Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Increases Plant Growth and Alters the Behavior of a Terrestrial Snail but not a Terrestrial Beetle
Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution
2017
Do ticks exhibit repeatable individual behaviors?
Experimental and Applied Acarology
2023

Education

Oregon State University

Ph.D., Zoology / May, 1993

Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Experience

Gonzaga University

Professor of Biology / January, 1996Present

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